Detachable heel for shoes



- June 15 ,1926 1,588,684

M. MAYOROWITZ DETAGHABLE HEEL FOR SHQES Filed Feb. 1'7, 1925 qln, I

W/A/AW/ ZZ 70 I v 1'35 7 I 'a orowi ATTORNEYS heel .by a new one. 1

Patented June 15, 1926.

UNITED STATES;

B E i MAURICE MAYOEQWITZ, OF NEW YGRZK, N. Y.

'nnracnantn nnnr. nonsnons.

Application filed February 17, 1925.

' A- further object is to securely hold the detachable heel in place and to prevent moisture, dust or other extraneous matter from passing into the joint formed between the detachable heel and its support.

. In order to accomplish the desired result, use is made of a plate attached to a lift secured to the sole of the boot or shoe,- the plate being provided with longitudinally extending bayonet slots, a detachable heel "provided with headed studs engaging the said bayonet slots, and removable fastening means extending through the sole, the sole lift and plate and engaging the said detachable heel. Use is also made of springs struck up on the plate and'surrounding the terminals of the said bayonet slots to be engaged by the heads of the said studs to draw the detachable heel firmly against the sole lift.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawingsforming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Fi' re 1 is a perspective view of the heels attac ed to the shoes;

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through the heel;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 33 0f Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a similar section on the line -4 of Fig. 2; 4 v

Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section. on the line 55 of Fig. 2;

Fi 6 is an inverted plan view of a modified orm of construction;,

Fig. 7 is a sectional view of a modified ,form of stud;

.Fig. 8 is a sectional View taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 9 is, a" sectional view taken on the line 9-9 of'Fig. 6; and v Fig. 10 is a artial section ota still further modified orm.

The forms of the invention shown in the Serial No. 3,60%.

drawings are preferred forms although it is understood that other modifications in the construction and arrangement'oif the parts and in the character of thematerials used may be adopted wtliout departing from the spirit of the invention asset forth in the appended claims.

To the underside of the heel end of the sole 10 of a boot or shoe 11 is secured in the usual manner a sole lift 12. v The sole lift is provided with an opening 13. A. metallic late 14: fits on to the lower face of the sole iii; and is preferably made of sheet metal or like resilient material, and this plate is secured to the lift in any desired manner, such as by nails 15. V The plate 1&- is provided with transversely extending bayonet slots 16 (see Figs.3 and 6) These slots register with the opening 13 formed in the heel lift 12. The plate 14 is rovided with spherical spring seats 17 'hich are struck up out oi the metal of the plate itself, preferably around the small rearportions of the bayonet slots 16, these struck-up portions being bent from the plate i l in the direction or" the opening 13 in the heel lift.

The bayonet slots are adapted to be engaged by studs 18 having heads 19 projecting upwardly from the face of a detachable heel 20. These studs, as shown in Fig. 2, are formed wth an anchor plate 21 and a stem 22, which may be slotted to further insure the seating of the stud in the heel. This heel may be made of rubber or of other material. v y 5 When it is desired to place the detachable heel 20in position against the {plate 14, the heads 19 of the studs 18 are engaged with the large ends of the bayonet slots, and then the detachable heel is pushed laterally to cause the studs to enter the smaller-portions oi; the slot and to cause the heads 19 to travel upon the spring seats l7 whereby the heel is drawn upward against the plates so as to firmly engage it to form an exceedingly tight'joint.

.Invpractice the boot or shoe is provided by the manufacturer with the. late 14. in place and detachable heels with studs 18 thereon are furnished to the dealer so that the latter can readily attach a. leather heel to the boot or shoe, according to the of the customer. It will also be noticed the userv of the shoe can readily remove said heel as it becomesworn and replace it by a new one, it only being necessary to release the latch means to be hereinafter described, and then to lift the heel off the shoe by slid? ing it laterally until the heads of the studs register with the front ends of the bayonet slots. Another heel can thereafter be placed into engagement with the shoe. i

As shown inFig. 3 particulai' ly; it will he noticed that a latching or locking spring finger 23 is struck from the metal oftlie plate 14 and that its forward free end is adapted to normally lie over the front end of onr of the bayonet slots to close the same. A hole '24 is provided in the sole lift 12 and leads to a point adjacent the side of this locking. finger, a portion of which adjacent the heel is bent up as at 25 (see Fig. 2) to form a sort of cam surface which. can be engaged by a pin or rod which projects through the hole 24. to move the end of the latch finger. This latch finger, as shown in Fig. 5, is adapted to lie closely adjacent the stud 18 when it is in place.

In the operation of attaching the'heel as the head 19 of the stud 18 is inserted into the, forward end of the bayonet slot in association with which. the latch linger 23 is disposed, this linger is temporarily moved aside to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5, after which the stud is moved to the small end of the slot. The spring latch' then springs back into place and lies with its free end adjacent the stud to hold it and the other studs in the proper positions in their respective slots.

in the form of the invention shown in Lies. 6 and 8, I provide the spring finger QG independcnt of the bayonet slots and adjacent' a separate aperture 27 into which 'a special'stud 28 is insertable, the stud being shown. in Fig. 8, and provided with an, up-

wardlyand divergently tapered head.

eess or seat for the head 19. This formation of a special recess or seatifor the head will further secure the proper fixation of the heel to the sole lift.

In Fig. 7 I show a stud 34 which has a finger plate 35 adapted to be embedded in the heel, especially when this heel is inade of rubber and can be nolded around the stud.

What I claim is 1. In combination, a heel having headed.

studs, a sole plate having bayonet slots, said studs adapted to be. engaged in said slots, and a spring finger struck from themetal of the plate itself adapted to engage. with one of said studs after it has been engaged in its respective slot, and an anchor plate on {the stud engaging the sole plate for aiding in'retaining the sole plate rigidly on the heel.

2. In combination, a heel lift having headed studs provided. with anchor plates flush with the inner surface of a. heel lift, a sole plate having bayonet slots to receive vided with seats for the heads of the. studs,

the headed studs. said sole plate being pro said seats projecting from the inner face of the sole plate, the arrangement and. corn structionlof the seats and the heads relative to the anchor plates being such-when the heads are forced into the seats the anchor plates will be drawn up with considerable force against the sole plates. thus preventing loosening of the heel lift from the anchor plates.

MAURICE MAYOROWITZ. 

